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Late News { ott»ri, tt it"'1 seed in spot base - ( otton Seed, ten tons lots ton _6. .’3 _$9.001 _ 11.25 Cloudy Thursday I,olaT‘ Norlh <aro1lna vv>athcr „r1 Partly cloudy tonight and , I hursday. Little ehangt in t^»m p**rat tir^. 12 Hours To Tell Cermak Chances * Bv UNITED PRESS Miami Fla.. Feb. 22.—Physicians Brr, |,>da' watching closely the condition of Mayor Anton Cermak, Chicago, wounded by Zangara. K,, attempted assassin o^Presidcnt cict Rooserelt. It was their belie! that i > hours more would show vhcthd bis heart and lungs could j h, counted upon to withstand thej irain of the bullet wound in his! tmd'. Zangara, sentenced to SO; vfar, in prison, is expected to be, moved IP the penitentiary within a| fpv day*. I Democrats Might Not Have Wait On Post Office Job Washington Dispatch Er.'eouti*ng T« I oral Hopefnls Who Want Office. U l« possible that a Democrat j wiU.’bc Shelby postmaster before he‘ Hi of the present term, in held by a Republican. Although! rhe , ppdintment of the present j postmaster under a Republican re-! nine holds until February, 1938, a I Washington dispatch Informs that! the courts have ruled that a new] president can make a change and] appoint some of his own support-] ers if he so desires. The Washing- j •on dispatch reads as follows: "Although comparatively few post masterships will become vacant In North Carolina during the Roose velt administration, the new Presi dent will have the power to remove any and ail postmasters now hold-! mg office if he chooses to exercise j that power. ‘In the case of Myers, Adrninis rratix vs. United States, the su preme court in 1926 held that the President la einpowered by tbe Constitution to remove any execu tive officer appointed by him with .the advice and consent of the sen ate: and this power is not subject n its exercise to the assent of the -senate nor can It be made so by - act of congress.' ‘The court further held that the pov or of removal was an Incident of the power to appoint, and that such incident did not extend the ■enate's power of checking appoint ments. to removals, Farts Of Case. "The facts of the case were that -Frank S. Myers, postmaster at Portland, Oregon, who was removed from office petitioned the President! and- the senate committee on post fitces for any charges filed against mm. He also protested to the post office department and three months Wore his four-year term expired, saving pursued no other occupation: md derived no compensation for other service in the interval, he be S!n suit in the court of claims for -alary since removal. Vo notice of the removal, nor iCONliMLEP ON CAGE EIGHT » Camerpn Beck To Speak In Shelby Official of x. y, stock Exchange Coming To City March ::oth. B. L. Smith of the Shelby schools -has succeeded in securing 1.. services of Mr. Cameron Beck 1,1 'tic week of March 27-31. Mr. Beck is personnel director of '-■ v York stock exchange. It ' pessary to /get permission r 11: the directors of the Stock Ex . 3f’: leave of obsence for ■' S€rvices are greatly in de . .“fc throughout the country as a r worm speaker. This community court itself fortunate to have ^ aiS!anguished gentleman visit , ,l" 1 has been made possible 1.. ;:;-1 Ih' efforts Of. .Captain ‘ !o arrange an itinerary of engagements among the "l 'hjs section. The expense , ‘ '•"■orated and will, therefore, n,'M u burdensome upon any com N,° honorarium Is Paid. 'S} a d*y will be made ^ ' iMru v, March 27. soi v March 28. " ford ton, March 20. *‘ h!. March 30. March 31. *r. '"“h school student body, to ; . ' nh invited guests, will be nn ihe morning in Shel r b.^ Ioint' meeting of the civic ti ; ' : 'he community, together pti m . e“ ?hests, will be address i,evening. Students and cil trea. !hf immunity have a real . j C. tore for them and they ;"mS forward with nleas - Reek's visit s The MEDIUM-D SM >1 S PAGES TODAY - _j> i VOL. XXXIX. No. 23 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, FEB. 22, 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) «*jr Mail. uai rut. tin <dv.nct-. H i t'arrlar o»r »«ar tu> «rl?anr.i 131 Thompson Announces For Mayor’s Contest Mayor Pro Tem Gets In Running SchenrW Not To Bp Candidate For Alderman Again. No Other New Entrants. Z. J. Thompson, prominent Shel by business man and lor several, years alderman and mayor pro tem,! today definitely announced his can didacy for mayor in the approach ing municipal election Mr. Thompson, one of the best known business men of the town, has been in the lumber business here for many years Tower Utility Rates. In making his formal announce ment, Mr. Thompson stated that he would advocate utility rates in keeping wdth the times and the economic condition of all citizens. He added further in his brief plat form that he also advocated a clean er city as regards both moral and sanitary conditions. [ The announcement definitely puts ; [ two men in the race for mayor, the ! present mayor, S. A. McMurry, and Mr. Thompson. Others Undecided. I At least, four others have been I mentioned as prospective candidat j es, but no definite decision has j been made by any ot the group. L.; E. Ligon, former city clerk, stated yesterday that he was giving the matter consideration and might possibly be a candidate but that he was unable tt> say as yet whether j he would or not. E. F. McKinney, business man and farmer, who has been boosted: by a number of friends, when ask- , ed if he decided to become a can- ; didate said, “Frankly I have given the matter very little thought since politics is not much in my line. My friends insist "that , I should, but right now’ I seriously doubt if X will be a candidate.” Others mentioned but who have as yet made no paihlic statement about their intentions include W. N. Dorsey, former mayor; Horace Ken nedy, George A. Hoyle, and George P. Webb. Will Not Run. Yesterday came an announce ment which may open up another possible contest for alderman. John F. Schenck, jr., for a number of years aldermen from Ward Three announced that he positively would not be a candidate for re-election. Mr. Schenck has made a popular alderman and his withdrawal means that his ward will have to select a newf representative on the city council. So far only one candidate has an- j nounced for alderman .that being! D. Huss Cline, a candidate for the board from Ward One. Three One Act Plays At Waco On Friday — Three one-act plays will be giv-i en at Waco school on Friday even ing of this week, beginning at 7:80 o’clock. The titles are “Now Don’t j Laugh,” “Who Is a Coward,” “DC- i tour Ahead.” There will also be dance3 and stunts given by the pu pils front the elementary grades. A small admission price will be charg ed to pay for shrubbery already planted. Mrs. Romeo Hicks of Henrietta is spending this week here visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McDowell. -, Walkers Married Sixty-Four Years Tomorrow. Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Walker, of the Lat timore section, will celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary. The couple Is one of the best known in the county and ranks among the longest married cou ples in the entire section. Mrs. Frank L. Hoyle and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. II. Wells of j Shelby, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W’alkcr, will spend the day with their parents. Gets In Race | Alderman 7. J. Thompson (above) today announced his candidacy for mayor of Shelby, being the second ! candidate to make formal announce ! ment. Mr. Thompson is now mayor j pro tern. Status Of Repeal Plan Is Outlined Following Change i Repeal Measure Must Go Through Lengthy. Uncertain Routine Before Final. Numerous Shelby people have asked for the actual status of the prohibition repeal movement since both Congress and Senate have voted for the proposed 21st amend ment to do away with Federal liquor laws. To become an amend ment to the constitution, thus doing away with America’s 13-year-old prohibition law, the measure must go through the following process: 1. The secretary of state must send copies to the 48 governors. This step Secretary Henry L. Stimson took yesterday. 2. Conventions in three-fourths of the states must ratify the resolu tion within seven years. When and if this action is taken the eighteenth amendment will have been repealed. Thirteen states (one more than one-quarter) could defeat repeal. Prohibition leaders contend that more than the necessary thirteen will hold firm for the eighteenth amendment. Rufus 8. Lusk official of the Crusaders, anti-prohibition organization, claimed that at least 39 states .three moie than neces sary, would be in the anti-prohibi .tion column. This is the first tune a proposed amendment has b*en submitted to state conventions. Therefore there was some doubt as to procedure. Some constitutional lawyers believ ed Congress should decide how and when the state conventions should be brought together Others be lieved it to be a matter for the stat es to determine. ■ Despite this problem, fifteen state legislatures were taking steps to ward summoning conventions. Of these Wyoming was in the van, with a bill to call a convention already adopted The resolution passed the Senate by a 63 to 23 vote, five more than the necessary two-thirds. It passed the House by a 289 to 121 vote, fif teen more than the necessary two thirds. The resolution, besides repealing i the eighteenth amendment, earned j a ban against interstate transporta tion of liquor in violation oi the laws of any state. Six Of Seven Women In Congresss Vote For Repeal Prohibition Law Tennessee Woman Votes "No." Vote Brings Mingled Emotions. Washington, Feb. 22.—Only one woman of the seven in the house, Representative Wills Esllck, Ten nessee Democrat, voted “no" when the prohibition repeal resolution passed the house. From every other feminine throat camo a clear-voiced “aye”—even from Representative JPfflegene Win-1 go. Democrat. Arkansas, who has hitherto voted dry. Galleries where women sat in the aisles, crowded into open doorways, and filled many seats as men, lis tened with intense interest to the final debate and roll call. Among them were Mrs. Courtlandt Mitchell, of New' York, and Mrs. William Beverly Mason, leader in Mrs. Charles Sabin’s organization for repeal. And Mrs. Henry Peabody, rvit- (Tro-vi jy ".•'.fli eif.W’t i I Crude Bomb Sent By Mail To F. D. Roosevelt Found Foil Second Attempt. Upon His Life Bomb Found In Washington Made Of Rusty Wire And Gun Shells. (By UNITED PRESS) Washington, Feb. 22.—A !■’ rudely-fashioned bomb ad dressed to President - elect Franklin D. Roosevelt was found in the local post office by postal workers early Tues day, it was revealed today. Wrapping Loose. The wrapping which was coming off the package caus ed the discovery by postal employes. The package which contain ed the bomb bore the post mark at Watertown, N. Y., and the bomb was composed of a rusty wire wrapped around gimshells. A wide investigation was immediately inaugurated by government officials in an ef forrt to trace down the send er of the package. ‘Horn^ Makers’ Now Serving Soup For The Undernourished Classes In South Shelby Doing Worthwhile Work In Learning ' Home-Making. The home-making classes of the South Shelby community are spon soring a most worthwhile school project. The two classes, under the able direction of Miss Margaret Anthony, are serving hot soup to under-nourished school children. Different members of the classes take turns In preparing and serv ing the soup. Weekly shifts of girls from the seventh grade home econ omics class assist in the serving and clean up the room afterwards. The soup bowls have been donat ed by numerous people. Mr. M. W Ervin, a loyal school supporter, helped buy some new bowls, i Tltte ingredients for the soup have been solicited from the following merchants: Keeter’s. Sanitary Mar ket, C. H. Reinhardt and Horn*1 Stores. Soup was served to fifty boys and girls on Tuesday. The school is only able at the present to serve chil dren In the first four grades. It is hoped that supplies and pots will soon be big enough to help all un der-fed children in the school. Children who bring their lunches will be allowed to buy a bowl of soup at a very low price. Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Does the name of God appear in the U. S. constitution? 2. Who wrote “Othello"? 3. What language has the name Olga? 4. How many resident commis sioners do the Philippine Island have in the U. S. house of repres entatives? 5. When are the Ides of March? 6. Who composed the “Blue Dan ube Waltz”? 7. Which political party had a majority in congress when war was i declared against Germany? 8. Which bank of the Ohio river is the boundary between Ohio and West Virginia? 8. How many gospels are includ ed in the. New Testament? 10. Who was Heinrich Zolhier? 11. Who wrote "Rebecca of Sun nybrook. Farm"? 12. What is tin? 13. Did President Wilson veto the Volstead act? 14. What great French novelist in terested himself in the Dreyfus case? 15. Of what country Is Tasmania a state? 16. What is the name of the] French national anthem? 17. Which countries are parties to the Nine Power pact? 18. Name the first governor of Ohio. 19. For what type of painting is Van Dyke famous? 20. Wha? deep the word “finest;' mwn? Heroine of Miami Shooting Mrs. W. F. Cross, of Miami, Fla., whose courageous action In grappling with Guiseppe Zangara while he was firing his pistol at the President elect undoubtedly saved Mr. Roosevelt from injury and possible death. Mrs. Cross grabbed the assassin’s wrist when he began firing and de flected the bullets intended for the President The Plucky woman kept her grip upon the man until he was secured Dy officers. Boy Is Valedictorian Of Senior Class Here First Time In Years Man Found Dead On Power Line At Grover Today The body of Henry .len kins, said io be of Gastonia, wax found hanging to a Sou thern Power line a mile be low Grover, this county, about 9 o'clock this morning, ac cording to a message to The ‘Star from J. I* Herndon j Grover merchant and county commissioner. Presumably Jenkins, said to be a cousin of Clyde Arm strong, of Gastonia, was elec trocuted. Just how' he met his death or bow long he had been dead before being found was not learned. Sailor Killed En * Route To Funeral At Kings Mountain M. O. Fall*. Machinist's Mate, Fat ally Injured Near Sumter In Wreck. Sumter, S. C„ Feb. 22.-M. O Falls. 28. motor machinists' mate of the U. S. coast guard, stationed at the Charleston navy yard, was fa tally injured about 11:30 Monday morning when his car turned over near Dalzell, nine miles northwest of Sumter, on the Camden highway, and he was crushed under the ve hicle. A passing automobile brought Falls and his wife to a hospital here, where he died about 1 o'clock. Mrs. Falls was not seriously Injured, but is at the hospital suffering from cuts and shock,. Mr. and Mrs. Falls were on their way from Charleston to Kings Mountain, N. C., to attend the fu neral of Capt. Dickey, when the car skidded, left the road and turned over in a field. Coroner Cain investigated the death, which he termed an accident, stating that he would not hold an inquest unless it was requested by officers from U. S. navy yard and Charleston who were reported on their way here. Double Funeral Today Kings Mountain, Feb, 22. —Mr. Falls was a brother-in-law of Capt. Dickey who died here Sunday morning and a double funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 i'clock from the Methodist church. The body of Mr. Falls arrived this morn mg at- 11 o'clock from Sumter. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Falls of Kings Mountain and a brother of Mrs. James Dickey whose husband died here from an illness of several months. Also surviving i his wife. It is reported that the Fails car skidded on the wet pavement as he was coming to the Dickey funeral He was 28 years of age and had been in the marine service for about seven years. Sandy Run To Hear j Dr, Hudson Sunday Dr. C. I. Hudson will preach at Sandy Run church, Mooresboro, Thursday evening at, 7:30. Dr. Hud son is from the Baptist Sunday school board, Nashville, Tenn„ and is teaching in the Baptist enlist ment school at Boiling Springs this , a I Ed Tost, Jr., EnUbllthm Remark - able Scholarship Record For High School. For the first time in a number of years a boy will be the valedictorian of the senior class of the 8helby high school. According to an announcement from the office of the principal, W. E. Abemethy, Ed Post, Jr., has j maintained the highest average i scholarship of any ember of thej class, to be graduated in June. His average Us 97.1. According to the system of grading In use, the high est possible average is 97A. Two Girts Tfa There Is a tie for second honor. Margaret Ford and Basic Bass with an average of 96.6 place second in the scholarship averages. Following is the rank of the ten pupils who have the best records in scholarship: Ed Post, Jr., Margaret Ford. Essie Bass, Colbert McKnight, Loris Dover, Helen Miller, Annie Ray Jones, Edith Saunders, Edison Noggle and Rachel Connor. Boys Improve This is the first time for several years that boys have place In the scholarship averages. Among the highest ten there are four boys. In the class of. 1932 seven girls had higher averages in scholarship than the average of the boy who had the best record. Tn the class or 1931 nine girls ranked higher than the boy with the highest average scholar ship. Lions Club Takes In 3 New Members Physician. Insurance Man, Plumb ing: Contractor Added. Hold Meeting. The regular meeting of the Shel by Lions club was held in the pri vate dining room of the Hotel Charles last night at 7:00, with Dr. R. L. Wilson, secretary of the club in charge of the program. A1 Smith Shelby ventriloquist, gave the club an example of his ability to remem ber a list of twenty Item when call ed by number or to call the number and then the Item. This memory feat proved quite interesting to the members of the club. Furman Me Larty accompanied by Miss Ethel Elmore favored the club with two solos. New members admitted to mem bership in Shelby's youngest and fastest growing civic club were: Ben H. Kendall, physician; John A. An thony, insurance; and E. B. Hill, plumbing and heating contractor. Power To Roosevelt Fierce Battle Raging Between Japs, Chinese By UNITED PRESS Peiping. Feb. 12.—Japanese and Chinese forces engaged In desperate fighting on th< eastern border of Jehol prov ince today. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, machine gun*, airy. ...nrs and tanks were taking part In the action. Despite the sanguln ary nature of the flghtlm however, It was agreed her« that the main Japaneses! drive upon Jehol has not yel started. Lineberger Heads Local Golf Club; Elect Directors Country And Golf Club Plan* For Big Your. Name Other Officer*. J. D. Lineberger 1* the new pree ident or the Cleveland Spring* Country and Golf club, being elect ed at the annual meeting of mem bers held recently. Johon F. Schenck, ar„ of Lawn dale, was elected vice president and 8. C. Hewitt secretary and treasur er. Directors elected were Messrs. Lineberger, Schenck and Hewitt and O. M. Mull, Earl Hamrick, R. T. LeOrand, Jean Schenck .Max Wash burn, Jack Dover, Chas. Hoey, S. A. Me Murry and Clyde Short. The two major committees, mem bership and tournament, were elected a* follows membership— Rush Hamrick. D. H. CUne, Clyde Short, Jean Schenck. L. P. Holland, Mrs. J. D. Lineberger, Mrs. Earl Hamrick, Mrs. Hopson Austell. Tournament—Renn Drum, Pete Webb. Joe Whlsnant, Oh a*. Keel, Miss Jane Stamey, Mrs. Esley Pen dleton and Mrs. A. D Brabble. The club is planning for a big year with numerous tournaments during the spring and summer. One of the first tourney* will be the club championship for both men and women, this tournament to start early In March A meeting of the tournament committee will be held Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the chib house. Seized Rum Auto Fixed For Traffic Had Place Mad* For Extra Spring T« Carry Heavy Lead Of Been. The rum-running car captured in Shelby early Monday morning with 42 gallons of com whiskey was an auto prepared for the ruin-running game. After the captured car and load were brought to the city police de partment, officers Investigated and found that the rumble seat section had been opened up so as to store eight of 10 cases, seven caes sin gallons each being in the car whet captured. Officers received a tip later that two cases had been un loaded prior to the capture. In addition to the extra space it was also found that braces had been placed on the rear axle and a hole made through the floorboard for the use of an extra spring so that the rear end would not sag when heavily loaded. So far the driver of the car, who escaped when Police men Paul Stanley and Knox Hardin eased up behind his loaded auto, has not been apprehended, but of ficers have some clue to his iden tity, they say. Drys Declare Liquor Will Bring ‘Moral Ruin’ To North Carolina Appear Before State Legislature to Oppose Legalizing Beer And Wire, Haleigh. Keb. 22~-Nt action was taken yesterday by house Judiciary committee number one on several bills before it intended to modify or repeal the state's prohibition law., after a hearing at which dry lead ers asserted that proposed changes would mean the return of the sa loon and the "moral ruin” of No^th CnroHrvJ* ( i Dr. W. L. Poleat, president-emer itus of Wake Forest college and long a champion of prohibition, as serted before the committee that passage of the Murphy-Bowie bill l to legalize wine and beer in North I Carolina would mean .the return of ' the saloon. Dr. Potcat led try forces of the states as they appeared before house judiciary committee number one to protest agahist the Mufpky ti-r WTtT'S'V' C" r**«K rrc.in’i i Pre«. May Revamp Government Hull And Woodln do In New Cabi net. New Power For President Mar Help. New York Feb. 22.—Two tried end successful veterans In the fields of politics end business were announc ed last night by President-elect Roosevelt for his premier cabinet posts—Senator Hull, of Tennessee, for secretary of state and William H. Woodln, of New York, for secre tary of treasury. The announcement came sudden ly from the Rooeevelt residence on East Sixty-Fifth street after the moving day in International affairs. Moved To Act Quickly. Impending developments In war debts and world economics Impelled Mr. Roosevelt to make his announc ement of these two councillors. They win go to work Immediately with foreign envoys on the Rooee velt program to bring a revival of world trade and prosperity. The formal announcement said: "Mr. Rooeeve.lt announced that he had Invited Senator Cordell Hull, of Tennessee, to be secretary of etiate and Mr. William H. Woodin, of Pennsylvania and New York, to be secretary of the treasury and they have accepted. "In making: the announcement of the first of hia cabinet selections, Mr. Roosevelt made it plain that both of these gentlemen were vir tually drafted. Senator Hull was re luctant to leave the senate. Mr. Woodin was loathe to relinquish at this time the active control of the many Industrial enterprises with which he has been so long and prominently Identified." Mr. Woodin was at the residence of Roosevelt Just before the an nouncement was made public. The diminutive, gray-halred, genial mnn who will take over the complex task y of national finance left alone for a dinner party at which he could not, be immediately disturbed. At Washington. Senator Hull, also a gray-haired man, easy Of ap proach and pleasing In nature, told newspapermen from his sick bed In the Lafayette hotel: "I am mindful of the high honor and the great responsibility which this appointment carries. I hope to meet the responsibility with some degree of efficiency." Roosevelt Power. Washington. Peb. 23 —Autocratic power for President-elect Roosevelt (CONTINUED ON PAWS main ( May Have Trials By Jury At Kings Mountain For $3 BHI Providing ftr Jury Trial In Comity Court Introduced By Gtrfnir. Heretofore all jury trial* In th* Cleveland county recorder'* court have been held In Shelby on spe clal Jury days. Hereafter, however. If a bill introduced In the legisla ture this week by Representative Ernest Gardner passes, Jury trials may also be held at the Thursday sessions of the court in Kings Moun tain. The bill reads: "That whenever m Jury trial i* demanded by either plaintiff or de- I fendant in a criminal or civil ac tion in the recorder's court of Cleveland county when sitting at I Kings Mountain, upon payment to the clerk of the said recorder s court of the sum of three dollars ($3.00) with which to pay the Jurors a Jury shall be drawn from the jurv list of No. 4 township made up b the clerk of said recorder’s court the day for such jury trials in « Kings Mountain to be set by the re ccrder ol said court.” Fireman Called To Save His Own Home Roof Of J. L. McDowell Danujut By Blaze Just Before Noon Today. J. L. McDowell, official of the Shelby fire department, made wa much speed as possible in answer ing an alarm just before 11 o'clock this morning, but had, he known where the blaze was he may have tried an even greater hurst of speed. The blaze was at his own home on South DeKalb street A role of considerable size was binned in the roof of the McDowell home before firemen could extin guish the blaze which caught from i5i»> flue or chimP»v if W%» Mid.